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‘A Smaller Footprint Isn’t a Limitation – It’s an Invitation to Get Creative’

Modern Restaurant Management

Our concept for the live-fire restaurant integrated multiple types of experiences that immerse customers into a compact, yet intimate dining footprint: an extensive wine space, bar experience, chef's counter and wine display, and a highly flexible, financially viable seat count.

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CHEFS – WHAT DOES YOUR MENU REPRESENT?

Culinary Cues

These aspects include: décor, skill level of staff, style of service, pricing, profit, type of vendors selected, kitchen layout, equipment selection, marketing and advertising, pay scales, dining room seating, type of china, glassware and flatware, even the location and color scheme for the exterior of the restaurant.

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Jibaritos and Fried Crab Dip: How Baseball Stadiums Serve Their Teams’ Fans

EATER

You have to be able to get to your seat and then enjoy your food and beverage there, Krivosik says. The menu included shawarma fries, lahmajoun or what is often referred to as Armenian pizza, and a baklava sundae. For Gerriets, one of the theme nights at Dodger Stadium hit particularly close to home.

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Restaurant Menu Pricing: How to Set Prices That Boost Profits And Keep Customers

ChowNow

Yes, competitor pricing can give you a ballpark idea of what customers in your area expect to paybut it shouldnt be your only reference point. Competitive pricing is helpful as a reference , not a roadmap. But thats only part of the picture. You dont know their food costs, rent, or labor volume.

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Second Wave of Restaurant Chain Bankruptcy Filings Could Offer New Opportunities  

Modern Restaurant Management

Interestingly enough, these articles didn’t even reference the unfathomable closures that would soon follow caused by COVID-19. providing and requiring PPE; taking reservations only for seating).

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Face Pay Network, Restaurant of the Future and The Main Course

Modern Restaurant Management

Ghost kitchens, also referred to as dark or virtual kitchens, are professional kitchen facilities set up to support delivery or carryout meals only, offering restaurant operators an opportunity to start an additional revenue stream. .” Seated Acquires VenueBook. Seated acquired digital event booking platform VenueBook.

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What the Heck is a KPI and Why You Should Give a Sh*t

Embrace the Suck

Cost of goods (COGS) sold refers to the cost required to create each of the food and beverage items you sell to guests. RevPASH stands for “revenue per available seat hour” during a given time period (and sounds really cool when you say it). RevPash = Total revenue ÷ (available seats x opening hours).